Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Eddy 
Emmons 
Foster 
Golden Valley 
Grand Forks 
Grant 
Griggs 
Flettinger 
Farms 
number 
331 
609 
310 
251 
970 
508 
456 
494 
Land in farms 
acres 
395,811 
743,925 
373,970 
562,453 
816,478 
1,049,893 
445,480 
715,958 
Average size of farm 
acres 
1,196 
1,222 
1,206 
2,241 
842 
2,067 
977 
1,449 
Median size of farm 
acres 
515 
724 
480 
800 
254 
721 
437 
508 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,600,342 
1,439,231 
2,254,016 
1 ,887,994 
1,768,300 
1 ,904,955 
1,781,884 
1 ,624,585 
Average per acre 
dollars 
1,338 
1,178 
1,868 
843 
2,101 
922 
1,824 
1,121 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
93,728 
164,321 
130,845 
64,955 
312,513 
119,653 
116,039 
130,147 
Average per farm 
dollars 
283,165 
269,822 
422,080 
258,785 
322,178 
235,537 
254,472 
263,455 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
1 
14 
2 
3 
9 
22 
12 
10 
1 0 to 49 acres 
28 
26 
30 
15 
110 
20 
18 
19 
50 to 1 79 acres 
74 
123 
85 
42 
288 
73 
103 
115 
1 80 to 499 acres 
62 
92 
39 
44 
216 
91 
114 
101 
500 to 999 acres 
54 
104 
27 
36 
95 
63 
69 
74 
1 ,000 acres or more 
112 
250 
127 
111 
252 
239 
140 
175 
Total cropland 
farms 
308 
535 
280 
216 
931 
451 
443 
453 
acres 
288,664 
443,946 
314,321 
242,607 
749,199 
503,992 
342,371 
558,544 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
175 
391 
212 
148 
519 
359 
264 
260 
acres 
235,829 
382,085 
286,163 
185,390 
653,738 
421,470 
267,161 
485,734 
Irrigated land 
farms 
5 
10 
11 
2 
29 
13 
14 
_ 
acres 
200 
3,872 
2,598 
(D) 
18,869 
2,382 
2,826 
- 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
105,105 
171,284 
169,410 
59,569 
428,762 
157,090 
127,828 
159,032 
Average per farm 
dollars 
317,537 
281,255 
546,484 
237,326 
442,023 
309,231 
280,324 
321,927 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
94,787 
138,632 
136,197 
43,647 
406,463 
110,368 
117,015 
145,397 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
10,318 
32,652 
33,213 
15,921 
22,299 
46,722 
10,813 
13,634 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
148 
189 
90 
74 
446 
130 
191 
216 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6 
22 
13 
2 
12 
9 
9 
13 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5 
16 
4 
16 
14 
23 
11 
21 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10 
21 
11 
26 
33 
38 
20 
21 
$25,000 to $49,999 
20 
37 
18 
9 
30 
26 
27 
20 
$50,000 to $99,999 
19 
38 
15 
28 
54 
49 
36 
33 
$100,000 or more 
123 
286 
159 
96 
381 
233 
162 
170 
Government payments 
farms 
291 
535 
243 
200 
882 
431 
403 
438 
$1,000 
4,696 
5,117 
4,700 
4,251 
1 1 ,254 
5,753 
8,891 
8,615 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
222 
401 
211 
168 
673 
315 
325 
356 
$1,000 
3,360 
8,891 
5,704 
3,759 
16,119 
4,921 
6,823 
9,636 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
67,961 
119,616 
108,537 
47,873 
289,561 
101,470 
79,507 
109,704 
Average per farm 
dollars 
205,320 
196,414 
350,119 
190,730 
298,517 
199,745 
174,358 
222,072 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
331 
609 
310 
251 
970 
508 
456 
494 
$1,000 
45,199 
65,676 
71 ,278 
19,705 
166,574 
66,294 
64,034 
67,580 
Average per farm 
dollars 
136,554 
107,842 
229,929 
78,508 
171,726 
130,499 
140,426 
136,801 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
153 
336 
189 
156 
608 
331 
241 
271 
Other 
number 
178 
273 
121 
95 
362 
177 
215 
223 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
176 
364 
112 
137 
602 
273 
251 
200 
200 days or more 
number 
92 
231 
65 
80 
439 
169 
148 
118 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
104 
276 
89 
108 
117 
299 
119 
126 
number 
26,036 
58,971 
27,317 
22,948 
14,593 
77,021 
18,286 
18,876 
Beef cows 
farms 
89 
260 
79 
101 
105 
286 
114 
114 
number 
11,137 
29,079 
(D) 
12,075 
(D) 
43,508 
9,945 
9,537 
Milk cows 
farms 
3 
11 
3 
- 
2 
5 
4 
7 
number 
75 
579 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
72 
90 
751 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
97 
253 
85 
109 
96 
277 
113 
113 
number 
9,763 
29,532 
25,854 
14,746 
6,254 
42,863 
10,038 
9,127 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
10 
9 
2 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
25,190 
522 
98 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
7 
4 
7 
2 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
168,548 
680 
53 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
16 
5 
10 
18 
3 
27 
1 
6 
number 
2,029 
638 
952 
2,739 
206 
2,347 
(D) 
179 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
10 
10 
5 
8 
14 
19 
6 
17 
number 
240 
108 
56 
223 
(D) 
587 
600 
439 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
3 
4 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
170 
500 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
89 
226 
115 
17 
259 
164 
86 
81 
acres 
39,369 
105,744 
55,901 
5,092 
139,128 
55,586 
37,779 
40,568 
bushels 
4,120,401 
8,654,447 
7,300,813 
308,665 
17,925,273 
4,127,213 
4,523,159 
2,672,572 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
20 
75 
26 
2 
10 
70 
30 
13 
acres 
3,993 
8,302 
1,711 
(D) 
417 
6,851 
1,290 
1,376 
tons 
63,470 
100,750 
23,010 
(D) 
6,175 
72,137 
18,988 
17,128 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
99 
209 
94 
98 
311 
208 
139 
185 
acres 
42,256 
89,313 
48,888 
106,012 
158,911 
177,617 
67,571 
298,886 
bushels 
1,713,829 
3,671,762 
2,308,047 
3,776,132 
8,563,752 
6,024,262 
3,431,734 
12,104,431 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
29 
7 
44 
17 
31 
9 
47 
acres 
(D) 
7,586 
1,314 
23,057 
2,676 
13,348 
2,542 
29,667 
bushels 
(D) 
402,254 
69,874 
1,086,287 
130,628 
662,709 
120,440 
1,578,916 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
94 
189 
89 
85 
283 
187 
128 
161 
acres 
39,783 
78,172 
46,180 
61,816 
152,423 
154,923 
63,137 
224,140 
bushels 
1,615,726 
3,142,683 
2,171,329 
2,056,863 
8,220,710 
5,102,013 
3,210,157 
8,747,918 
--continued 
226 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
